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Rotorua bar owner Tamati Coffey says he has no qualms about having a cocktail named Hinemoa and Tutanekai on his cocktail list.

Mr Coffey, who co-owns the Ponsonby Rd Lounge Bar on Eat Streat with his partner Tim Smith, said in his view his use of the Te Arawa legends' names was different to an Auckland brewery's controversial use of their images on beer because he was Te Arawa and a descendant of Hinemoa and he had consulted whanau before naming the cocktail.

He said it was quite funny to see it questioned by media as "most of Rotorua and Te Arawa have been into our bar and tried it".